Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'tedrogers'
April 29, 2008
Now, normally our coverage of anything Rogers is best downed with a tall glass of Haterade, but Toronto's technophiles and status-hungry business execs have reason to give thanks today to the Evil Empire, for the most anticipated gadget of the last gazillion years is to finally land in our fair city: Apple's iPhone. In a curt press release this morning, Rogers announced that a deal had been conclusively inked with Apple and the device......
Continue Reading "iPhone To Appear To The Faithful"February 11, 2008
Many of us were looking forward to welcoming the Buffalo Bills to Toronto. The eight games they'll play here over the next five years could've been the perfect complement to our existing football diet of live Argonauts games and televised NFL matches. Now that the details have been announced, more than a few of us have been priced out of attending. The majority of tickets average into the $350 per game range, and are only......
Continue Reading "Big League Ambitions"November 30, 2006
Argos fans be very very scared. It seems that Toronto is on a shortlist of five cities that will get a regular-season NFL game next year. The game's success would be a good indicator of whether these cities would be suitable for future NFL expansion. The NFL has some big fans here in Toronto, most notably media magnate Ted Rogers and Larry Tannenbaum (minority share holder of the Leafs) and Jays CEO Paul Godfrey. But......
Continue Reading "Toronto on NFL's List for Regular Season Game Next Year"September 6, 2006
With Torontoist's past two "sports" entries being titled "Toronto Bike Posts Both Strong and Vulnerable" and "We've Got a Thing 'bout The Post-and-Ring" (the first installment of the two-part series on our city's bike posts), the Adorable Sports Writer feels like it's time to re-capture the floor. And what better time for a comeback. Whether good or bad, not one of our city's pro teams has been without its fair share of headlines over the......
Continue Reading "With More Comebacks Than Mike Tyson: Once Again, Back is the Incredible"March 6, 2006
Toronto Hydro is leapfrogging over cellphone companies and planning to offer citywide WiFi which means you can access Torontoist pretty much everywhere. Like on skating rinks, or parks or heck, even while you're driving (something we don't support and won't be liable for if you're stupid enough to do it). According to the Toronto Star story Ted Rogers is very very pissed off about the development. All we have to say is good, that guy......
Continue Reading "TOist, Everywhere You Want To Be?"January 28, 2005
From the moment Fido came onto the market they were perceived as a threat to the large margin, big profit cell phone carriers like Rogers, Bell, and especially Telus. The competition cause by Fido’s entrance into the market drove prices down and service quality up. If you’ve ever dealt with Rogers or Bell before, you already know that’s not their business plan. So when the unlimited local calling City Fido plan was released in Vancouver......
Continue Reading "The Fall of Affordable Cell Phone Service"November 30, 2004
It cost six hundred million in taxpayer dollars to construct, but now just a decade and a half later the Skydome has been sold for the rock-bottom price of $25 million. This marks the third time the dumb-looking sports facility has exchanged hands, with the owner of the inhabiting Blue Jays, Rogers Media, taking over. The real estate alone has to be worth that money. Really, Ted Rogers should move the Jays back to Exhibition......
Continue Reading "Rogers Moves Into Subsidized Housing"